Well i have spent the weekend out in the woods looking for good wood to carve out my first spoon. After a couple of failed attempts ( wood splitting and my shoddy carving) i went foraging around in my shed and came up with some old wood from B&Q that was left over from a job a while ago........so i thought why not give it ago and here it is.
I know its not good and i will have to buy a crook knife soon but it is possible to carve out the bowl with just a knife and lots of patience.
Major apologies for anyone fed up with looking at spoons but i was just glowing with pride when i finished, after hours of work and a very steep learning curve. It just goes to show that reading about stuff is no replacement for getting out there and doing it.
I know its not good and i will have to buy a crook knife soon but it is possible to carve out the bowl with just a knife and lots of patience.
Major apologies for anyone fed up with looking at spoons but i was just glowing with pride when i finished, after hours of work and a very steep learning curve. It just goes to show that reading about stuff is no replacement for getting out there and doing it.
.... but you have to be very safe with your cutting. Always work on a surface (like a tree stump) and dont try and gouge out the bowl while holding it cupped in your hand as you may slip and end up cutting yourself.
) and just widen it little by little, rounding it as you go. Spoon bowls dont really need to be that deep, just a shallow curve will do. When roughly done, take some sand paper to it to give a nice smoothe rounded bowl...... 
